Scott Amyx

Bio

[imageframe lightbox=”no” lightbox_image=”” style_type=”dropshadow” hover_type=”none” bordercolor=”” bordersize=”0px” borderradius=”0″ stylecolor=”” align=”left” link=”” linktarget=”_self” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][/imageframe]Scott Amyx was voted one of the Top 25 Global Speakers by Speaking.com. Scott is a thought-leader, speaker, and author on wearables and the Internet of Things, the CEO of Affectio, and Managing Partner at Venture1st. He has been nominated by the Republic of Korea to represent cutting-edge research on wearables and the Internet of Things at the ITU Telecom World 2015 in Budapest. He will debut the concept of â€œThe Digital Currency of Happinessâ€ at TEDx. Intel & TBSâ€™s Americaâ€™s Greatest Makers look to Scott to recommend the most promising startups.

Scott explores the intersection of enterprise implications and consumer decisions of adopting wearables & IoT technologies. He writes for Wired, InformationWeek, IEEE, and other leading publications and speaks at global conferences. Scott is the co-author of The Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems Handbook and The Advances in Information Security, Privacy, & Ethics Book Series.

Scott has over 18 years of large-scale strategy and implementation experience, managing double digit million dollar projects. In his last corporate position as VP of Product Management, Scott helped the company be acquired by a Fortune 500 publicly traded company. Scott has also started numerous startups and successfully sold a company.